Burial vault



Patented Oct. 15, 1935 UNITED STATES PATENT orrlca anima?,`

BURIAL VAULT lHarry G. Helfenstein, .lersey City, N. J. Application February "l, 1934, Serial No. '110,150 1 Claim, (Cl. lib-68)Y Thisinvention relates to a burial vault, the

general object of the invention being to provide a vault which is 'composed of wood or the like coated withwaicementitious material so treated 5 as to form an ornamental external appearance and which in turn iscoated with paint or the like.

This invention also consists in certain other features of construction and in the combination and arrangement'of the several parts, to be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing and specifically pointed out in the appended claim. K

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawing wherein like characters denote like or corre-- sponding parts throughout the several views, and in whichz- Figure 1 is an elevation of the improved vault or cofiin.

Figure 2 is a. detail sectional view through a part thereof.

Figure 3 is a similar view before the paint coating is applied. l

As shown in this drawing, the cofiin or burial vault A is composed of wood or the like, as shown at i in Figure 3, and the exterior surface has applied thereto a coating 2 of cement, paste and suitable plastics, to provide a'covering layer for the wooden part of the vault or cofiln which has waterproofing qualities. This coating is roughened so as to provide an irregular outer surface for the coating, as shown at 3. The coating may be applied withv a trowel or the like and before it completely hardens, it is combed, wirebrushed or otherwise treated to provide a rough exterior surface. When the coating becomes hard and dry, it is painted or otherwise treated with the desired col-or. If dsired, paper or cloth can be pressed against the coating 2 before it has fully dried and afterit has dried for a short time, this paper or cloth is ripped off and this paper or cloth will mark the coating. After the coating has dried, the paint coating 4 is put in place, as shown in Figure 2.

Thus the vault or casket has the appearance lo of a steel or cement vault or casket and the paint coating used should be of a color to represent the metal from whichthe device is supposed to be formed.

It is thought from the foregoing description 15 that'the advantages and novel features of the invention will be readily apparent. Y

It is to be understood that changes may be made in the construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, provided that 20 such changes fall within the scope of the appended claim.

What is claimed isz- The herein described method of coating a burial vault consisting in coating the exterior 25 walls of the vault with a thick layer of cement, then treating the exterior surface of the cement to roughen the same by producing ridgesl and recesses in the surface, then covering the surface, before the coating dries, with sheets of pliable 30 material to form fine lines on the roughened surface of the coating after the sheets are removed, removing the sheets and finally painting the surface ith coloring material.

HARRY G. HELFENSTEIN. 

